Sentences with phrase «from cuckoo»

Still, she was coming to a realization that accepting who she was would be the jailer's key to liberate her from this cuckoo's nest.

Recent sightings include everything from cuckoos and tawny owls, to wild orchids.

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It has become a staple of pop culture, appearing in everything from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and «Gossip Girl» to «The Sopranos.»

There is a line from Terry Pratchett's book Wyrd Sisters that comes to mind, «He had a mind like a clock, and like that clock it regularly went «cuckoo».»

It's obvious from the comments that there are many of us who do not think the extra stop is Cuckoo.

(My made - up name for them borrows from the John Wyndham book, the Midwich Cuckoos.)

Perhaps you could step down from your impossible high horse, get your head out of cloud cuckoo land and smell the freakin» coffee.

They grimaced as I spoke about the interloper pushing the natural offspring out of the nest and how the baby cuckoos behave in ways that trigger an instinct to care and feed from their new mother.

Neuroscientists at the University of Geneva rigged up a bed so it would sway gently from side to side every four seconds, considerably slower than the pendulum on a cuckoo clock.

Of the two suggestions floating this morning, the concept of a blog complaints commission has been tweeted from cloud cuckoo land.

This particular clock is hand - carved from dark walnut, featuring cuckoo - birds and leaves framing a clock face with a wooden dial and wooden hands.

You'll also get a certificate of authenticity from the Black Forest Clock Association, so you have proof of your cuckoo clock's craftsmanship!

The cuckoo clock is a time - honored timekeeping tradition, with the most famous choices coming from the Black Forest in Germany.

This handcrafted wood cuckoo clock from Kendal offers traditional style with modern interior workings.

Eggs of warblers and weavers reveal that those from species whose nests have been infiltrated by cuckoo finches have extremely complicated markings compared with those from species whose nests have not been invaded.

Ever since I got a cuckoo clock necklace from Classic Hardware, I've been obsessed with them.

The cuckoo collection is decorated with a design of Chinese flowers and birds, dating back to the early 19th Century and taking its inspiration from the fabulous Wedgwood archive pattern books from this period.

Once you remove your granola from the oven, top with 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips (I won't tell if you go cuckoo for cocoa puffs and add more) and chopped pecans while it's still hot.

And new voices are making themselves heard from Koché, which at the moment is a punchy communications experiment revolving around clothes that should be better, to Y - Project's sexually - charged, hallucinogenic detour across historic references that's refreshingly cuckoo.

The Purple Door lovingly hand - crafts artisan ice creams using premium Wisconsin dairy ingredients and regularly rotating flavor profiles that range from classic to cuckoo.

A greatest - hits collection of plot devices and emotional cues from such films as «Gorillas in the Mist» and «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,» making it something of a trained chimp, one that apes a lot of good movies while making itself look ridiculous.

Anyone who values formal competence above all else should stay away from The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,» Milos Forman's Best Picture - winning black comedy from 1975, will receive a special anniversary release from Warner Home Video on Sept. 7, Arriving in an Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD or Blu - ray loaded with more than four hours of bonus content.

Can't wait for its return this weekend Variety 3 time Oscar winning producer Saul Zaentz (Amadeus, Cuckoo's Nest and The English Patient) has passed away i09 Disney Princess themed lingerie from Japan!

The fact that Kubrick's iconic films so often top best film and director polls across the media show that this his exclusion from the ranks of Best Director award holders is one of the Academy's biggest mistakes, especially when considering the films it lost out to such as My Fair Lady and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which are well respected but not really on a par in terms of Kubrick's directorial skills, and neither George Cukor or Milos Forman have made a directorial impact elsewhere.

The Bottom Line: My favorite pick because it's more a monster movie than a disaster flick, this intriguing tale from 1962 (based on the 1951 novel by John Wyndham, who also penned THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS that spawned VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED on the big screen) begins with a meteor shower that liberally spreads killer crawling plant creatures around the globe — with everyone who has seen the celestial show going permanently blind.

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Magic Trip (Unrated) Psychedelic documentary about Sixties cult figure Ken Kesey recounting the best - selling author's (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) fabled, hallucinogen - fueled bus trip across the country from Oregon to New York in the company of a band of freewheeling, fellow acid freaks known as The Merry Pranksters.

All the highlights of the news from yesterday with stories on the Museum of Modern Art and Film Society of Lincoln Center announced complete lineup for New Directors / New Films festival and Flula Borg lands title role in NBC comedy pilot Cuckoo.

That makes it clear that Cuckoo's was not widely decorated for its leading man's past, as should the fact that though the movie hasn't been at the tip - top of Best Film Ever discussion, it's remained in consideration at every opportunity, from being chosen by the Library of Congress» National Film Registry, to handily featuring in the top half of four American Film Institute lists.

7: Burt Reynolds was director Milos Forman's first choice for the lead in «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» but United Artists believed his appeal with average moviegoers might prevent the film from attracting the critical attention they felt was necessary for the film to be a box - office hit.

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Volume 1, entitled «Regional Renegades: Exploitation Gems from the Southern USA,» will be guest - edited by author and journalist Jimmy McDonough and highlights Bert Williams» 1965 film «The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds,» a previously lost low - budget gothic horror pic shot in the Florida Everglades.

It's particularly satisfying because the film reaches something like peak Wes: featuring his biggest and most expansive cast, toplined by a performance of unexpected comic genius from Ralph Fiennes (virtually matched by newcomer Tony Revolori), intricately told in homage to Stefan Zweig, and more like an impossibly beautiful cuckoo clock / wedding cake combo than ever before.

From the first, it seems, Eva's son had a malevolent, alien quality — and the movie gradually attains something of the overt, if realist cuckoo - in - the - nest scariness of the likes of Rosemary's Baby, The Village of the Damned or even The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.

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As Sister Bridget, the head nun, Geraldine McEwan gives a very memorable and chilling performance that's reminiscent of Louise Fletcher's Nurse Ratched from «One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest» in it's absolute personification of evil and Eileen Walsh is heart - breakingly compelling as the naive, downtrodden and religiously devoted Crispina.

The first batch of content will explore exploitation works from the American South, including The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds, a rare film from 1965, and Joseph P. Mawra's Shanty Tramp (1967), as well as a feature about Texas sexploitation director Dale Berry.

This secondary school, which belongs to the Cuckoo Hall Academy Trust (CHAT) in London, opened last year in new buildings with a hefty investment from the Department for Education.

Mark your calendars: The follow - up to J.K. Rowling's crime fiction novel, The Cuckoo's Calling (published under pseudonym Robert Galbraith), is coming from Little, Brown on June 24.

The only way to keep them straight was to imagine what actors would play them in a movie made from my life: Paul Skyhorse Johnson: Will Sampson, the American Indian «Chief» from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

The book, The Cuckoo's Calling, sold only about 1,500 copies following its April 2013 release from Little, Brown, and Co.'s UK - based imprint Sphere.

The Cuckoo's Calling, meanwhile, received a highly favorable review from Publisher's Weekly before its author's identity came to light.

From things that go bump in the middle of the podcast, to pets that want to get in on the act and the Brits dang cuckoo clock!

She is currently working on EMBRACE YOUR WEIRD (a how - to guide on how to be happy from someone not academically qualified to write such a guide) and A STORK FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO»S NEST (a collection of essays, limericks, and assorted musings on pregnancy, childbirth, parenthood, and other unnatural acts).

In short, The Cuckoo's Calling got all the support from Big Publishing that any author could dream of.

The bird used to be known as the European cuckoo (because they come from there) and they're seldom seen or heard in South Africa, although their staple diet is the hairy black and white caterpillars typically found in acacia trees.

Cuckoo Cloud is a lovely self - catering family holiday home in Plettenberg Bay, close to the Beacon Isle Centre, only a 5 minute walk from the beach.